Day 30 Noon Position: 17 54.92S 127 11 22W Course/Speed: SSW 5 Wind: E 15 Sail: Working jib, full Bar: 1020 Sea: E 10 Sky: Squalls Cabin Temp: 85  Water Temp: 80  Miles last 24-hours: 139  Miles since departure: 3891 Difficult few days. Giant squalls, one after the other, still the norm, making wind, Read More

Day 29 Noon Position: 15 43.97S  126 58.95 Course/Speed: S 6 Wind: E 10 – 20+ Sail: You name it; I done it. Bar: 1019 Sea: E to 11 Sky: Squalls Cabin Temp: 86 Water Temp: 80 Miles last 24-hours: 154 Miles since departure: 3752 Frustrating bit of ocean, this. Inconsistency in wind and, Read More

Day 28  Noon Position: 13 14.94S 126 51.02W  Course/Speed: SSE 6 Wind: E 15 but up and down 10 – 20 Sail: Various Bar: 1017 Sea: E 6, some rollers to 10…something brewing east. Sky: Cumulus, some thunderheads Cabin Temp: 86 Water Temp: 81 Miles last 24-hours: 153 Miles since departure: 3598 “Hey Monte,”, Read More

Day 27 Noon Position: 11 10.43S  127 57.77W Course/Speed: SSE 6+ Wind: E 11 – 25 Sail: Double reefed jib, double reefed main; apparent wind about 70 degrees Bar: 1016 Sea: SE 6 – 8 Sky: Open, then squalls Cabin Temp: 87 Water Temp: 81 Miles last 24-hours: 153 Miles since departure: 3445 “Senior,”, Read More

Day 27 Noon Position: 11 10.43S  127 57.77W Course/Speed: SSE 6+ Wind: E 11 – 25 Sail: Double reefed jib, double reefed main; apparent wind about 70 degrees Bar: 1016 Sea: SE 6 – 8 Sky: Open, then squalls Cabin Temp: 87 Water Temp: 81 Miles last 24-hours: 153 Miles since departure: 3445 “Senior,”, Read More

Day 26  Noon Position: 8 19.58S 127 29.95W  Course/Speed: SE 5 – 6 Wind: ENE 10 – 12 Sail: All plain sail, close hauled to make some easting on this unusual wind. Bar: 1016 Sea: SE 3 Sky: Clear, then some squalls, then clear Cabin Temp: 85 Water Temp: 79 Miles last 24-hours: 142, Read More

Day 25  Noon Position: 6 10.31S 128 12.99W  Course/Speed: SSE 6+ Wind: E 10 – 15 Sail: Working Jib full; Main, two reefs  Bar: 1017 Sea: SE to 6 Sky: Clear Cabin Temp: 86  Water Temp: 79 (note significantly higher then low 70s of last week. Interesting oceanography to explore there.) Miles last 24-hours:, Read More

Day 24  Noon Position: 3 29.46S 128 07.79W  Course/Speed: SSE 7 Wind: E 11 Sail: Full working jib; one reef in main Bar: 1016 Sea: SE 4 Sky: Partly Cloudy Cabin Temp: 85 Water Temp: 77 Miles last 24-hours: 181 a) we went very fast; b) there must be a beneficial current in these, Read More

Day 23 Noon Position: 0 30 84S 127 58.85W  Course/Speed: S 7 Wind: ESE 14 – 20 Sail: Double reef in working jib and main Bar: 1015 Sea: Mostly SE to 8 Sky: Clear Cabin Temp: 82  Water Temp: 73 Miles last 24-hours: 158 Miles since departure: 2803 At 7:30 this morning Pacific Time,, Read More

Day 20 Noon Position: 5 00.56N 124 55.59W Course/Speed: SW 5 Wind: SE 20 Sail: Tripple reefed main, double reefed working jib, close hauled Bar: 1013 Sea: SE to 6 and 8 late in the day Sky: Clear Cabin Temp: 84 (79 in the cabin when I woke. A first in days.) Water Temp:, Read More

Day 19 Noon Position: 6 28.43N 123 48.66W Course/Speed: SW 4 – 5 Wind: SE 10 – 16 Sail: Double reefed #2; single reefed main Bar: 1015 Sea: SE lumpy stuff to 5 feet Sky: Overcast. Squally. Cabin Temp: 86 Water Temp: 82  Miles last 24-hours: 99 Miles since departure: 2292 Define trade winds., Read More

Nov 15, 2017 Day 18 Noon Position: 7 29.17N 122 40.90W  Course/Speed: SW 4 Wind: SE 9 Sail: Main and big genoa out Bar: 1014 Sea: SE 3 Sky: Clear, squalls just ahead Cabin Temp: 87 Water Temp: 84  Miles last 24-hours: 97 Miles since departure: 2193 The image that I had been entertaining, Read More

Day 17 (I said 18 in today’s video log. I’m losing count.) Noon Position: 8 56.53N 122 31.87W  Course/Speed: S 2 Wind: ESE 5 Sail: Main and big genoa out Bar: 1017 Sea: SE, long and low rollers Sky: Sunny, open, thunderheads to windward Cabin Temp: 86 Water Temp: 83  Miles last 24-hours: 115, Read More

Day 16 Noon Position: 10 46.05N 122 08.91W Course/Speed: S 6 Wind: ENE 10 Sail: Main and big genoa out; wind on the beam Bar: 1016, rising Sea: SE, long and low rollers Sky: Sunny, open, light cumulus to windward Cabin Temp: 87 Water Temp: 83 (note sea slightly cooler) Miles last 24-hours: 116, Read More

I remember on the Friday before you left thinking “This is a house cleaning day. The sheets are going to be washed.” The process of removing you from the house, almost your ghost like footprint on a pillowcase was happening to quickly for me. I almost didn’t get the sheets washed. But my logical, Read More

Day 15 Noon Position: 12 46.82N  122 03.28W Course/Speed: S 4.5 Wind: 0 Sail: Motoring Bar: 1015, dropping Sea: SE 4, steep, plus others Sky: Sunny in the morning. Then rain. Cabin Temp: 85 Water Temp: 84 Miles last 24-hours: 110 Miles since departure: 1868 I saw movement in the cockpit well when I, Read More

Day 14 Noon Position: 13 57.32N 120 54.69W Course/Speed: SE 6 Wind: ENE 19 – 25 Sail: Two reefs in working jib, two reefs in main. Then, deeply reefed jib  Bar: 1013, dropping Sea: NE 4 – 8 Sky: Fully overcast. Squally Cabin Temp: 88 Water Temp: 84 Miles last 24-hours: 142 Miles since, Read More